On January 9th, Lolly watched intently as I caught a big stringfish. Sorry kitty, but I can’t let you have this.
![Jeff, holding a stringfish as Lolly looks on: OH MY GOSH!](https://www.jvgs.net/newleafblog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/20250109_HNI_0072.jpg)
On Sunday (January 26th), Inkwell told me that he recently let a pill bug get away, and he was still mad about it.
![Inkwell: I let another one get away, and I'm still steamed about it! Pill bug!](https://www.jvgs.net/newleafblog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/20250126_HNI_0024.jpg)
How the heck did a pill bug manage to outrun him? They’re one of the slowest bugs in the game. He asked me to catch one for him, and I did just that. He rewarded me with a heart tee.
![Inkwell: Ha ha! A heart tee!](https://www.jvgs.net/newleafblog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/20250126_HNI_0029.jpg)
Monday was Aurora’s birthday, so I headed over to her house for her party. It was just so dark in there, even though it wasn’t very late yet!
![Aurora's birthday party, with Inkwell and Jeff in attendance.](https://www.jvgs.net/newleafblog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/20250127_HNI_0043.jpg)
I gave her a juicy-apple clock for a birthday gift, and she seemed to enjoy it.
![Aurora: Ooh, a juicy-apple clock. How thoughtful of you. Thanks!](https://www.jvgs.net/newleafblog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/20250127_HNI_0044.jpg)
Inkwell was also at the party, and he said he just did a triple axel off a chair before I got there. Suuuuure you did, Inkwell.
![Inkwell: You totally missed my awesome birthday dance! I did a triple axel off a chair!](https://www.jvgs.net/newleafblog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/20250127_HNI_0045.jpg)
I was having an unlucky day, so I fell a few times when I was running. Unfortunately, I didn’t time any photos perfectly enough, but here you can see me starting to get back up after falling. It still looks pretty odd, though! Almost like I’m a zombie with my arms hanging to the ground.
![Me standing up after a fall.](https://www.jvgs.net/newleafblog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/20250127_HNI_0048.jpg)
At the museum, I had an intimidating encounter with Boots! Of course, his greeting and catchphrase made things sound worse than they really were.
![Boots: I'll eat you!! Fancy meetin' you here, bud! In a swamp!](https://www.jvgs.net/newleafblog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/20250127_HNI_0049.jpg)
I’m happy to report he did not eat me.
Today, another villager had a birthday: Cube! I headed over to his party, where I also found Aurora. It’s another penguin party! I gave Cube a Fire Bar that I got from a fortune cookie at the Emporium.
![Cube: A Fire Bar?! Whoa! I did NOT expect this.](https://www.jvgs.net/newleafblog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/20250129_HNI_0056.jpg)
Of course, I’m just now realizing that flaming balls of fire are probably not the best thing to give a penguin. Well, at least he doesn’t live in an igloo.
Today (January 29th) is National Puzzle Day, so I went home and played a few games of Animal Crossing Puzzle League to celebrate.
![It's a New Nintendo 3DS! Do you want to play some Animal Crossing Puzzle League?](https://www.jvgs.net/newleafblog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/20250129_HNI_0057.jpg)
![Animal Crossing Puzzle League](https://www.jvgs.net/newleafblog/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/acpl700.jpg)
I’ll see you next time! Never Stop Crossing!
i love this blog!
Seeing that it is National Puzzle Day, now I need to play a puzzle game. I played Tetris Attack and Kablooey yesterday and a few days ago I played Tetrisphere.
I forgot to mention this but when I was playing Tetris Attack, I got a combo of 12.
Impressive! Getting big combos is probably the funnest part of the game.![🙂](https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/svg/1f642.svg)